Legal Opinion
Figueroa v. Director of the Department of Labor & Workforce Development
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 28, 2002No. 99-P-407PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcHugh, J.
This case involves regulations governing statutory unemployment compensation benefits available to people engaged in training programs designed to provide them with new skills they need to obtain; employment. The appellant, Fausta Figueroa, was engaged in such a program at Bunker Hill *65Community College, and she applied for those benefits. The division of employment and training (DET)1 denied her application because the Bunker Hill program did not consume enough hours each week or provide enough credits each semester to satisfy criteria contained in the governing DET regulation. In denying…
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